Coffee farmers in Nyeri vow to boycott harvesting crop

Thursday January 14 2016

Coffee farmers attend a special general meeting of the Barichu Farmers Co-operative Society in Nyeri on July 22, 2014. Some Nyeri coffee farmers have threatened to boycott harvesting the crop until the president tackles the corrupt cartels exposed by the Nation in 2015. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

In Summary

The farmers plan to hold a national meeting on January 15 to deliberate on whether to proceed with the boycott.

They want the government, through President Kenyatta, to take action against coffee cartels that were exposed by the Nation last month.